Almond

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 560 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 12–35 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 16 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 22 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 26 °C
• May 41 °C / 28 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 27 °C

It needs a cold winter to flower: a coldest month averaging 12 °C or less. Here the coldest month averages 23 °C.

Soil

Soil for Almond: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: zinc, iron, copper and 2 more.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 6.2 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

A new planting gives its first real harvest after about 4 years. The money here is for plants already bearing.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.